Euphoria (Def Leppard album) 613157 224387273 2008-07-08T17:04:45Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = Euphoria | Type = studio | Artist = [[Def Leppard]] | Cover = Def Leppard - Euphoria.jpg | Released = {{Start date|1999|6|8}} | Recorded = 1998 at [[Joe's Garage]] in [[Dublin, Ireland]] | Genre = [[Hard rock]], [[glam metal]], [[pop rock]] | Length = 51:01 | Label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] | Producer = Pete Woodroffe and Def Leppard | Reviews = * [[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:y9hxlfdekcqp~T1 link] | Last album = ''[[Slang (album)|Slang]]'' <br /> (1996) | This album = '''''Euphoria''''' <br /> (1999) | Next album = ''[[X (Def Leppard album)|X]]'' <br /> (2002) | Misc = {{Singles | Name = Euphoria | Type = studio | single 1 = [[Promises (Def Leppard song)|Promises]] | single 1 date = 1999 (worldwide, except Europe) | single 2 = [[Promises (Def Leppard song)|Promises]]/Back in Your Face | single 2 date = 1999 (Europe) | single 3 = [[Paper Sun (Def Leppard song)|Paper Sun]] | single 3 date = 1999 (US) | single 4 = [[Goodbye (Def Leppard song)|Goodbye]] | single 4 date = 1999 | single 5 = [[Day After Day (Def Leppard song)|Day After Day]] | single 5 date = 2000 (US) | single 6 = 21st Century Sha La La La Girl | single 6 date = 2000 (US) }} }} '''''Euphoria''''' is the seventh [[studio album]] by [[United Kingdom|British]] [[hard rock]] band [[Def Leppard]], released in 1999. The album marked a return to their signature sound made famous by the band in the 1980s. It was produced by the band with Pete Woodroffe. ==Overview== Following the commercial disappointment{{POV-statement|date=December 2007}} of ''[[Slang (album)|Slang]]'', the band was initially unsure of which direction to take for their next release,{{Fact|date=December 2007}} upon reconvening in April 1998. When their [[VH1]] [[Behind The Music]] episode aired that June to high ratings upon its premiere and subsequent reruns, it was clear that the band would be wise to return to their melodic hard rock roots.{{Dubious|date=March 2008}} The band would enlist the aid of former producer [[Robert John "Mutt" Lange]] for four days in a more limited role. Three songs were co-written with Lange, who lent background vocals (as he had on other albums): "It's Only Love", "All Night" and "Promises". Tracks were written with their old sound clearly in mind,{{Fact|date=December 2007}} and a song first recorded by [[Vivian Campbell]]'s side band [[Clock (band)|Clock]], "To Be Alive", received a Leppard makeover. For the first time since 1981's ''[[High 'n' Dry]]'', an instrumental was included (Phil Collen's "Disintegrate"). This instrumental was known before as "Spanish Sky", a ballad that evolved into this track.{{Fact|date=July 2008}} Collen said this short breath for singer Joe Elliott was a "cigarette break for the nineties".{{Verify source|date=July 2008}} 1996 [[Formula One]] racing champion [[Damon Hill]], a neighbor of [[Rick Savage]], would contribute a guitar solo to the track "Demolition Man". In its first week of release, ''Euphoria'' sold over 98,000 units in the US and just missed the Top 10 of the ''Billboard'' 200, reaching #11. First single "Promises" topped ''Billboard'''s Mainstream Rock chart in June 1999, a spot the band had not held in six years. ''Euphoria'' would later be certified gold in the US, Canada and Japan. The album-supporting tour stretched from May 1999 to September 2000. ==Track listing== {{tracklist | title1 = Demolition Man" ([[Phil Collen]], [[Vivian Campbell]], [[Joe Elliott]]) | length1 = 3:24 | title2 = [[Promises (Def Leppard song)|Promises]]" (Collen, [[Robert John "Mutt" Lange|Mutt Lange]]) | length1 = 3:59 | title3 = Back in Your Face" (Elliott, Collen) | length1 = 3:20 | title4 = [[Goodbye (Def Leppard song)|Goodbye]]" ([[Rick Savage]]) | length1 = 3:36 | title5 = All Night" (Collen, Lange) | length1 = 3:38 | title6 = [[Paper Sun (Def Leppard song)|Paper Sun]]" (Collen, Campbell, Elliott, Savage, Pete Woodroffe) | length1 = 5:27 | title7 = It's Only Love" (Elliott, Lange, Savage, Campbell) | length1 = 4:06 | title8 = 21st Century Sha La La La Girl" (Collen, Elliott, Savage) | length1 = 4:06 | title9 = To Be Alive" (Campbell, P.J. Smith) | length1 = 3:53 | title10 = Disintegrate" (Collen) | length1 = 2:51 | title11 = Guilty" (Collen, Savage, Elliott, Campbell, Woodroffe) | length1 = 3:47 | title12 = [[Day After Day (Def Leppard song)|Day After Day]]" (Collen, Elliott, Campbell) | length1 = 4:36 | title13 = Kings of Oblivion" (Elliott, Collen, Savage) | length1 = 4:18 }} ==Personnel== *[[Rick Allen (drummer)|Rick Allen]] – [[drums]] *[[Phil Collen]] – [[guitar]], vocals *[[Joe Elliott]] – lead vocals *[[Vivian Campbell]] – guitar, vocals *[[Rick Savage|Rick "Sav" Savage]] – [[bass guitar]], vocals ===Additional musicians=== *Ciaran McGoldrick, Gary Sullivan, Ricky Warwick – hey's and claps on "Back in Your Face" *[[Robert John "Mutt" Lange|Mutt Lange]] – additional vocals on "Promises" and "All Night", additional guitar on "All Night" *[[Damon Hill|Damon "Demon" Hill]] – end guitar solo on "Demolition Man" ===Production=== *Pete Woodroffe – producer, engineer, mixing *Def Leppard – producer *Ger McDonnell – engineer *Ronan McHugh – engineer *Tom Stanley – mix assistant *Bob Ludwig – mastering *Andie Airfix – artwork *Andy Earl – photography ==References== *{{cite album-notes |title = Euphoria |albumlink = Euphoria (Def Leppard album) |bandname = Def Leppard |year = 1999 |format = CD booklet |publisher = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] |publisherid= 314 546 212-2 |location = [[London, England]] |mbid = e2c01a76-ad7a-4266-bf40-d28a4f0fbe6e }} {{Def Leppard}} [[Category:Def Leppard albums]] [[Category:1999 albums]] [[pl:Euphoria (album)]] [[fi:Euphoria]] [[sv:Euphoria]]